President-elect Obama wants stimulus passed “right away”
President-elect Barack Obama said that the economy is likely to get worse before it gets better, and so he wants the new Congress to pass a quick economic stimulus bill and also pledged help for the...
View ArticleWhen will the bailout actually help the economy?
Banks are still failing, investors are losing thousands (if not more), families are still losing their homes. So how was the bailout supposed to help? We, as United States taxpayers, have funded...
View ArticleOil drops to another 4 year low
Despite the fact OPEC announced a 2.2 million per day drop in oil production yesterday, oil traded around $36 a barrel today. The last time oil closed so low as July 2004. This just proves further that...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Lucrative Investing!
On behalf of the entire Lucrative Investing and the Lucrative Investor team, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We want to wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season filled with...
View ArticleStocks traded slightly up on Christmas Eve
Santa brought a little gift to investors on Christmas eve; an end to the five day losing streak in the market. Christmas Eve is a quiet trading day on Wall Street, but it was enough to increase the Dow...
View ArticleWhat is a Ponzi scheme?
Named after Charles K. Ponzi, Ponzi schemes have had a very prominent place in the headlines in the last few weeks thanks to the Bernard Madoff scheme. A Ponzi scheme is defined as an investment...
View ArticleHappy New Year!!!
Happy New Year 2009 from everyone at the Lucrative Investor and Lucrative Investing, Inc. Looking around at predictions for the new year, 2009 is set to be a more positive year than 2008… I don’t know...
View ArticleApple CEO Steve Jobs cites health reasons for upcoming absences.
Steve Jobs has said time and time again that his health is just fine and he will remain the CEO of Apple, but today he announced that he will be taking a medical leave because his health is worse than...
View ArticleSEC is looking into Steve Job’s health disclosure
As I wrote in an earlier post, Apple’s stock price seems to be tied to the health of its CEO Steve Jobs. Now the SEC is looking into his health disclosure to see if it has misled investors. Last week,...
View ArticleGDP fell in 4Q, not as bad as investors were expecting.
As consumers cutback spending and credit markets tighten, the economy takes hit after hit and has now seen the worst growth in a quarter century. The 4Q GDP shrank by 3.8 percent for 2008. While this...
View ArticleSite News – Weekly Downloads
Starting today, every Tuesday and Friday, we will feature an e-book to our RSS readers for them to download. Our selection of e-books will vary from personal finance, investing, business managing, and...
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Bernie Madoff goes to jail and Ruth gets to live the high life
Bernard Madoff got exactly what he deserved when the judge in his case sentenced him to 150 years maximum today. However, some will also say that he was the fall guy for a scheme that included his...
View ArticleToday’s Ebook – Top 20 Brokers for Individual Investors
Today’s featured ebook download is Top 20 Brokers for Individual Investors (1.30 MB, 29 pg) – Today, the brokerage industry truly has something to offer every customer. Yet, choosing the right broker...
View ArticleToday’s Ebook – Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a Financial Planner
Today’s featured e-book download is Ten Questions to Ask When Choosing a Financial Planner (347 KB, 14 pg) – A straight-forward brochure from the Certified Financial Planners on 10 questions you should...
View ArticleToday’s Ebook – Google’s Success
Today’s featured e-book download is Google’s Success (1.43 MB, 31 pg) – While other companies were busy cramming the most ads possible on their homepages or squeezing every last hour of productivity...
View ArticleSite News – Monthly Newsletter, Services Section
Monthly Newsletter: – Starting earlier this week we began sending a monthly newsletter in order to keep our users better updated with developing features, issues, and news regarding The Lucrative...
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The Pitch – Would you be able to go without a car?
Could you go without a car? Question: I’m sure the answer will be “I already do” or simply “Yes” if you live in a big city, but what about the suburbs or even rural areas? Could you go without a car?...
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Are we an overly medicated society?
When I woke up this morning, I wondered if, as a society, we are overly medicated. I wondered because I woke up with an awful sinus headache, the kind I cannot shake unless I take a couple ibuprofen...
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Save money on your moving costs and reduce fees from companies
SmartMoney recently posted an article about ways to cut costs moving. The article titled “Moving on the Cheap: 6 Tips for Cutting Costs” is really helpful to anyone moving or looking to move in the...
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Time Saving or Money Saving
Sometimes we all have to make the decision as to what is more important: Our time or our money. A lot of times these two don’t exactly go hand-in-hand. As a matter of fact, the examples I will give...
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